BERLIN, September 5 (Itar-Tass) -- Islamists, who took part in the taking of hostages in a secondary school of Beslan, North Ossetia, were citizens of Syria and Jordan, reports Bild am Sonntag with the reference to German secret services.

The newspaper said that terrorists from the Magomed Yevloyev group came to Beslan to order of Shamil Basayev. They were drilled in training camps of Al Qaeda in Afghanistan.

German secret services fear that Russian missions abroad may become targets of Chechen Islamists in the future. For instance, Russian embassies in EU member countries may be attacked, the newspaper said.

A bit more info: The Russian learned from our prisoner problems: none of the terrorists were captured alive.

I hope that is just for public consumption. Hopefully, the truth is "none of the terrorists will ever be seen alive again, but a few were captured".. and are being questioned so the Russians can focus their vengeance.

Maybe you are right, seems the Islam followers are following their God, and guidebook/Koran...what about the other Gods? Why would an all powerful and compassionate God allow these things to happen? Is this a nonsensical test of belief?

When did the Russians & the Israeli's decide to join forces??? this is news to me . The Russian's need to get over their xenophobia if they are to learn how to beat the jihadi savages as opposed to just doing a "Stalin" on the bastards not that the jihadi's don't have it coming.

There is more than one way to skin a cat besides sticking it's head in a boot jack & jerking on it's tail ! And you can bank on the fact that the Russian Bear will get even in the time & place of it's choosing .

Sharon told Putin that, "We must concentrate political and intelligence efforts so as to destroy terror." The two agreed that cooperation in the security, intelligence, and humanitarian fields would continue...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is to meet Sharon in Jerusalem on Monday for talks likely to center on the need for greater global anti-terror efforts following the deadly seizure by militants of a Russian school, officials said Sunday....

Lavrov, who is conducting a Mideast tour, is also due to meet Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom on Monday.

In addition to the terror issue, Lavrov and the Israelis will also discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Israeli allegations that Syria is behind Palestinian attacks on Israelis and bilateral Israeli-Russian issues, other Israeli officials said.

Let's see they are going to talk about Syria, but wasn't Syria where some of the Belsan terrorists came from? I wonder what they are going to discuss regarding Syria?

No they wont. Russia will not make any strikes against either Jordan or Syria. Why do you think that? They have a defense treaty with Syria and Jordan is an friend of the west.

See post 33 this thread for news article on meetings to take place on Monday in Isreal.

You may be correct, if however Syrians and Palestinians from Jordan were a significant part of the Belsan terrorists, I think things will depend upon what those governments do to stop terrorism (visibly and quickly).

The Russians have had two airplanes, a bomb at a major rail/subway station, and now a school attacked by terrorists all in about a week's time. I think the Russian bear is not going to react very well to all that and may start lashing out very shortly.

"Why would an all powerful and compassionate God allow these things to happen? Is this a nonsensical test of belief?"

I have been a Christian (or at least try) for the last 5 years. What I know is that God created every one with a free will. It was these men's free will that caused this madness. I have found that God does not allow evil of this kind to last. I also know about my God that these murderers will be punished for knowing the right choices and choosing such an evil path.

For every evil Satan or his followers commit, God rights it 100 fold. I have seen this in my personal life and speak by experience. Hope this helps.

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